Monthly Archives: August 2011

Bautista-led Jays pummel Orioles 13-0 (Reuters)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Sports News

BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Jose Bautista bashed his Major League-leading 39th home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays crushed the hapless Baltimore Orioles in a 13-0 blowout on Wednesday. Matching a season-high 20 hits with four homers, the … Continue reading →

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How Will We Pay for Obama’s New Jobs Push? Answer: Tax Wall Street

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Job News

The Nation — President Obama is right: The United States needs a jobs program that spends federal tax dollars to retain jobs, to create jobs and to put tens of millions of Americans back to work. Unfortunately, President Obama does … Continue reading →

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Ex-NBA player Crittenton waives extradition (AP)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Sports News

LOS ANGELES – Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton waived California extradition proceedings Wednesday and will be returned to Georgia in connection with his arrest in a murder case in Atlanta. Crittenton appeared before Superior Court Judge Upinder Kalra and said … Continue reading →

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Red Sox beat Yankees 9-5 behind Beckett, 3 homers (AP)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Sports News

BOSTON – Josh Beckett found a way to beat the New York Yankees this season, over and over again. The Red Sox right-hander pitched well enough for Boston to win 9-5 on Wednesday night, improving to 4-0 against the Yankees … Continue reading →

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Cher takes to Twitter to defend Chaz Bono on DWTS (AP)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES – Cher is taking to Twitter to defend her son Chaz Bono. The superstar posted several tweets Wednesday defending his participation on the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars.” Bono is the first transgender competitor on the … Continue reading →

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Did Mitt Romney Spark a Civil War Within the Tea Party? (ContributorNetwork)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Political News

COMMENTARY | The tea party movement has at best been a loose amalgamation of small and fractious organizations, and some of the inner tensions within the conservative movement seem to have come to the fore with regard to presidential candidate … Continue reading →

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Ind. lawmaker’s lynching reference riles tea party (AP)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Political News

INDIANAPOLIS – A black Indiana congressman used a lynching metaphor to describe tea party policies he says would turn minorities into “second class citizens,” and the lone Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus threatened Wednesday to quit the group … Continue reading →

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DeMint: ‘The president should pick another night’ (Daily Caller)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Political News

South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint threatened Wednesday to object to President Barack Obama’s requested jobs speech before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7. DeMint, from his hometown of Greenville, S.C., issued a statement saying that “the president … Continue reading →

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Obama agrees to move jobs speech, avoiding scheduling conflict with GOP debate (Daily Caller)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Political News

Agreement broke out along Pennsylvania Ave. this evening as President Barack Obama accepted Majority Leader John Boehner’s invitation to address a joint session of the Congress on Sept. 8, one day later than initially sought by the White House. “The … Continue reading →

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The 9/11 anniversary: Not ‘just about us’? (The Week)

Written on August 31, 2011 by Editor - Political News

New York – The Obama administration urges federal employees to recognize that Islamic extremists aren’t just at war with America, but the entire free world The White House has issued guidelines to federal employees urging them to mark the 10th … Continue reading →

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